Word Problems

An art teacher had 342 paint brushes.

-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.

Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

• 342 - 87 - 150 =

• 342 - 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 - 150 =

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Max's goal is to practice playing drums for 300 minutes this week.

On Sunday he practiced for 127 minutes. On Tuesday he practiced for 38 minutes.

How many more minutes does Max need to practice in order to meet his goal?

• 135

• 465

• 165

• 145

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Crystal has 25 lollipops.  Angie has 12 more lollipops than Crystal.  How many lollipops do the girls have all together?

• 37
• 62
• 49
• 13

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The temperature was 80 degrees in the afternoon.  It was 50 degrees in the evening.  How much did the temperature change?

• 25 degrees
• 30 degrees
• 130 degrees
• 20 degrees

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Which operation should you use when the problem has the word: "AND" in between 2 numbers.

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

A teacher bought 12 packets of crayons. Seven of the packets had 9 crayons and the other five packets had 10 crayons How many crayons did the teacher buy in all?

• 113
• 50
• 63
• 120

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen wants to double the batch. How much oatmeal will Ellen need?

• 3

• 3 1/8

• 1 1/2

• 4 4/6

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

• 1/7
• 2/7
• 3/7
• 6/7

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?

• 5.2
• 8.7
• 9.7
• 5.02

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8